diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca4103c..2bcc091 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ var/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
+*.DS_Store
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b9b3a74..07e4464 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 emoji
 =====
 
+v2.9.0 (2023-12-05)
+-----
+* Added Russian translation
+
 v2.8.0 (2023-08-16)
 -----
 * Update translations to unicode release-43-1
diff --git a/emoji/__init__.py b/emoji/__init__.py
index a4d46c6..291c052 100644
--- a/emoji/__init__.py
+++ b/emoji/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     'EMOJI_DATA', 'STATUS', 'LANGUAGES',
 ]
 
-__version__ = '2.8.0'
+__version__ = '2.9.0'
 __author__ = 'Taehoon Kim, Kevin Wurster'
 __email__ = 'carpedm20@gmail.com'
 # and wursterk@gmail.com, tahir.jalilov@gmail.com